diff --git a/handler.cpp b/handler.cpp
index 6a346ba..8d06f36 100644
--- a/handler.cpp
+++ b/handler.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@
 
 #include "handler.hpp"
 
+#include "errors.hpp"
+
+#include <ipmid/api.h>
+
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <tuple>
+
 // The phosphor-host-ipmi daemon requires a configuration that maps
 // the if_name to the IPMI LAN channel.  However, that doesn't strictly
 // define which is meant to be used for NCSI.
@@ -36,12 +47,53 @@
 {
 namespace ipmi
 {
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 
 std::tuple<std::uint8_t, std::string> Handler::getEthDetails() const
 {
     return std::make_tuple(NCSI_IPMI_CHANNEL, NCSI_IF_NAME_STR);
 }
 
+std::int64_t Handler::getRxPackets(const std::string& name) const
+{
+    std::ostringstream opath;
+    opath << "/sys/class/net/" << name << "/statistics/rx_packets";
+    std::string path = opath.str();
+
+    // Minor sanity & security check (of course, I'm less certain if unicode
+    // comes into play here.
+    //
+    // Basically you can't easily inject ../ or /../ into the path below.
+    if (name.find("/") != std::string::npos)
+    {
+        std::fprintf(stderr, "Invalid or illegal name: '%s'\n", name.c_str());
+        throw IpmiException(IPMI_CC_INVALID_FIELD_REQUEST);
+    }
+
+    std::error_code ec;
+    if (!fs::exists(path, ec))
+    {
+        std::fprintf(stderr, "Path: '%s' doesn't exist.\n", path.c_str());
+        throw IpmiException(IPMI_CC_INVALID_FIELD_REQUEST);
+    }
+    // We're uninterested in the state of ec.
+
+    int64_t count = 0;
+    std::ifstream ifs;
+    ifs.exceptions(std::ifstream::failbit);
+    try
+    {
+        ifs.open(path);
+        ifs >> count;
+    }
+    catch (std::ios_base::failure& fail)
+    {
+        throw IpmiException(IPMI_CC_UNSPECIFIED_ERROR);
+    }
+
+    return count;
+}
+
 Handler handlerImpl;
 
 } // namespace ipmi